Zach Stafford

Award-Winning Journalist, Editor, and Tony Award-Winning Producer

Zach Stafford is an award-winning journalist, editor, and Tony award-winning producer of the Broadway musical A STRANGE LOOP. He is a current co-host of the Stitcher/SiriusXM podcast VIBE CHECK, which the New York Times named one of the best podcasts of 2022. Stafford was the first Black editor-in-chief of THE ADVOCATE, served as the chief content officer of GRINDR, and was a journalist at THE GUARDIAN. He is the author of two books entitled BOYS and WHEN DOGS HEAL, and currently serves on the board of directors of the American LGBTQ+ Museum. In 2019, he was included in the Forbes' 30 Under 30 list and named as one of the 100 most influential Black people living today by The Root.